Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m.
Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Loyal. The
Rev. Daniel Zimmerman will officiate and burial will follow in the
Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church Thursday
from 10 a.m. until time of services.

Emma Margaret Noeldner was born May 19,
1911, on the family farm in the town of Loyal, the third of eight
children born to Ernst and Margaret "Maggie" (Haessig) Noeldner.
Emma left home at the age of 12 to begin earning a living. She
attended beauty school in Milwaukee and worked for a short time in
Mayville and then in Greenwood. In 1936, she opened a beauty shop
in Loyal and worked there for 60 years until the building was razed
to make room for the new city hall.

Emma met her husband, William H. Rottjer,
at the beauty shop, and they were united in marriage on May 12,
1937, in Greenwood. They resided in Loyal, and in 1947, William
died, leaving a young widow to raise five children on her
own.

Emma was very thankful she had the beauty
shop to support her family. In 1956, she purchased the A&W root
beer stand in Storm Lake, Iowa. With help from her sister, Meta,
who managed the stand for a couple of summers, Emma's children were
able to manage the root beer stand themselves, and eventually her
son, John, bought the stand.

Emma was honored in 2003 by being named
the Loyal Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year. She had many
hobbies to keep her busy when she wasn't working at the beauty
shop. She enjoyed bowling and was on a league for many years. A hip
replacement at age 91 stopped her from bowling. She also belonged
to a card club. Emma was a lifelong member of Trinity Lutheran
Church and sang in the choir for many years.

Emma will be dearly missed by her
daughters, Margaret Ann (Jack) Allen of Camarillo, Calif., and
Roberta (Dennis) Kingsbury of Rocklin, Calif.; her sons, William
Herman Rottjer and John Henry Rottjer, both of Sacramento, Calif.;
seven grandchildren, six step-grandchildren, nine
great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren; two
sisters, Martha Dux of Loyal and Laura (Verland) Dux of Marshfield;
a son-in-law, Robert Rounds of Sacramento, Calif.; and many nieces,
nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents;
her husband, William; her youngest daughter, Barbara Ellen Rounds;
her sister, Meta Mc Cann; and her four brothers, Herman, Norbert,
Erwin and Leonard Noeldner.

Cuddie Funeral Home of Loyal is assisting
the family with arrangements.